When I first wrote about radio DJ and singer-songwriter Emiko Nakayama（中山恵美子）back in late 2015, it was for her 1977 single "Black Coffee"（ブラックコーヒー）, something a bit more on the bossa nova and New Music side of things.
My second article for her today involves her third single from April 1974, "Nagai Tsukiai" (A Long Time Together). Much more with the downtown kayo feeling, this was written by Naoki Saijo（西條直樹）and composed by Tetsu Kijima（貴島哲）. It was created specifically as the theme song for Nakayama's radio program "Emiko no Nagai Tsukiai"（エミ子の長いつきあい...Emiko's Long Time Together）, a 10-15 minute after-midnight show on TBS Radio and HBC Hokkaido Radio which was sponsored by Yamano Music whose Ginza branch was long patronized by me. Nakayama's singing delivery rather reminds me of Ayumi Ishida's（いしだあゆみ）golden tones although I think her speaking voice is very floaty which would make her perfect for the midnight hour.
The Tokyo-born singer has been associated with the radio industry since she was about 10. She thus had plenty of experience when she started "Emiko no Nagai Tsukiai" around the age of 20, so although she did put out a lot of music up to 1982, I think that she could have thrived on radio alone if she'd wanted to. The video below has a broadcast from the show via HBC, and it appears that any songs have been excised from this video at least to prevent any copyright strikes, but apparently, she did enjoy her share of poetry. "Emiko no Nagai Tsukiai" had a long run, lasting between 1973 and 1982
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